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SOFA BED.

No. 357,530. Patented Feb. 8, 1887.

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UNITED 'STATES G-EOItGE E.-KRAUSE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

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SOFA-BED.

PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,530, dated February8, 1887.v

Application filed June 26, 1886. Serial No. 206,286. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F.. Knnusn, of the city ofIndianapoliscountyof Marion, and State-of Indiana, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Sofa- Beds, of

which the following is a specification. The object of my said inventionis to vp roduce a sociable or double-ended sofa which shall embody a bedand take the place of a 1o folding or bed lounge, and which will possessvarious improvements and advantages 4more particularly describedhereinafter, and set forth in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

which are made a part hereof, and on which/ similar letters of referenceindicate similar parts, Figure lis aperspective view of a sociable andsurrounding shelving embodying'my said invention when the same is foldedupland 2o the folding part in use as a sociable or sofa;

Fig. 2, a similar view when the sociable is un- 4 folded and in positionfor use as a bed; Fig.

A 3, a lcentral vertical section through Fig. l,

.Y showing the relative position of the parts e5 when in that position;Fig. 4, adet-ail sectional view of the adjacent parts of the mattressand frame-work, showing the means by which they are connected; Fig. 5, adetail sectional view of the latch'and catch by which 3o the two framesof the sofa are secured together when folded up; Fig. 6, a sideelevation of the peculiar hinge which I use to connect the foldingframes together, and fragments of said frames to which said hinges areconnected as 3 5 they appear when folded up, the unfolded plositionbeing shown by means of dotted lines;

Fig. .7, a perspective View of said hinge detached; Fig. 8, a rear sideelevation of the upper portion of one of the folding legs; and

,aro Fig. 9 a sectional View thereof, looking toward the left from thedotted line 9 9 in Fig. 8.

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the surroundingshelving, framework, or mantel; B, the lower frame portion `1,5 of thesociable; C, the upper frame portion;

D, the sociableback, and E the mattress.

The frame, mantel, or shelving A is secured permanently in position, andits character is fully illustrated by the drawings. Its central 5oportion is left vacant to receive the mattress and back of the sociablewhen said sociable is folded up, as it usually is during the day-time,and as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. It is usually set against the wall of theroom, and allowed to remain there permanently.

The sociable properconsists of the frames B and G and back D. The frameB rests on the iioor, as usual, and is a simple framework of therequired size provided with the customary legs. The frame C is hinged tothe frame B by the three-part hinges'c, c2, and c3, and is held inposition when closed by the latch O3, engaging with the catch Bion theframe B. When opened, this frame C rests on the legs O', which supportit, so that the frames shall not come in contact with the floor. Theselegs are pivoted legs, each mounted on a pivot, c, which connects saidleg G and a washer, c5,

lsaid pivot passing through a slot in a bracket,

G2, Vsecured to the frame C, and being itself 7o preferably surroundedby a projection, c, on said leg, (see Fig. 9,) with which the sides ofthe slot in said bracket come in immediate contact. Said bracket Cz isalso provided with a curved slot, c, and a notch extendsinwardlytherefrom at one end, with which a projection, c7, on the leg may engagewhen said leg is turned down imposition for the frame to rest upon it,as shown in Fig. 2. When said frame C is folded up, said leg is pulledout somewhat, disengaging said projection from said notch, and the legis turned around until it will t vdownbehind said frame, and thusbeconcealed when saidl frame is folded up, as shown in Fig. l.

The back D is hinged to the lower frame, B, by ordinary hinges d, andwhen the frame' O is unfolded is adapted to be folded down flat ontosaid frames B and G, as shown in Fig. 2.

The mattress E, as before described, is secured to the rear side of theback D and moves with said back as said back is moved on its hinges. Tothe sides of said mattress are secured folding portions E, which may besupported by slotted and serrated supports e, engaging with propercatches,e,on the mattressframe. vThese parts, when the device is foldedup, fold down alongside said mattress, but when unfolded are brought upin the position shown in Fig. 2, and serve as either extensions or sidesto the mattress, as desired. When the structure is in folded-upposition, this IOO mattress entends above and below the back D,

asshown most plainly in Fig. 3, and when folded down it forms a flateven surface suitable for a bed, as best shown in Fig. 2. Said mattress,and through it the frame of the sociable or sofa, is secured to theframe or mantel A by means of a double hinge or pivoted strap, E2, thetwo parts of which are connected together by a pivot, c, and the ends ofwhich are connected to said mattress and said framework, respectively,by the pivots e'z c. 'Ihe operation is, when the back carrying themattress is raised up, that said double strap will fold together, thusnot only permitting t-he edge of the mattress to drop down, but also todraw it back into place inside said frame A. As will be readilyunderstood, webbing or other straps might take the place of these hingedor pivoted metal straps.

Referring again to the hinges c c'2 c, by which the frames B and C aresecu red together, it will be noticed that they are so formed that whenthe frames are unfolded the three parts form three sides of asquare, thefirst and third of which are secured directly to said frames, and thesecond of which connects said first and third parts in such a manner asto leave no projection beyond the frame-work, said second part being soformed as when the folding up is completed to be withdrawn within theline of the frame-work and thus avoid the proj ection on the front sideof the structure, which other hinges have occasioned. These hinges,because of the peculiar construction of the central part, ci, preventany of the parts from folding beyond the positions desired. Inunfolding,the edges of the sides 03,01' equivalent projections, come incontact with the faces of the parts c and c (see dotted lines in Fig. G)and hold the frames in substantially a right line. In folding up, thethickened central portion, e, of this central part, c2, will come incontact with the frame portions and thus bring the ends of said frameportions to which said hinges are attached directly in line, thuskeeping the front portions of the two frames even, as will be readilyunderstood by an examination of the drawings.

rIhe latch C and catch B2 are secured, respectively, to the adjacentrear portions of the frames C and B. Said latch CP is mounted in asocket, C, on the projection cwin said socket, and is held intoengagement with the catch B2 by a spring, c, At an appropriate point onthe frame C, near said socket, is an eye, G5, and a cord, C, secured atone end to the latch Cg and at the other end to said frame C, passesthrough said eye, and by pulling said cord said latch will be disengagedfrom the catch and the frame C permitted to be swung down. Vhen thisdisengagement is effected,a further pulling on the cord C, which, asbefore stated, is rigidly secured to the frame C, will open said frame Cwithout any furtherstrain on the latch C.

I am aware that a portion of the mattress has before been mounted on thercarpsidc of a folding back in the manufacture of sofa-beds, the otherportion being mounted on the folding part of the sofa-frame, andarranged so that the two parts will connect and form abcd when the sofais opened and said back turned down. I therefore limit myself to theconstruction shown herein, as set forth in the claims.

I am also aware that it is common to connect a cord or strap to thecatch which secures the two parts of the frame together and eX- tend thesame out for the purpose of providing a convenient means for releasingsaid catch but I am not aware that one end of said cord or strap hasheretofore been connected to the frame, as herein shown, and for thepurpose set forth.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the frame A, per1na nently secured in position andformed with a recess in'its front side, the frames B and C of the bed orsofa hinged together, the back D, hinged to the frame B, and themattress E, mounted on the rear side of said back D and hinged to theframe A by the double-jointed hinges E, and said hinges, allsubstantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the frame A, secured permanently in position,asdescribed,and having a recess formed in its front side to receive thehinged mattress and frame on which it`is mounted, the framesB and C,hinged together, t-he back D, hinged to the rear edge of said frame B,the mattress E, mounted'on the rear lOO side of said back D, the loweredge of which extends down below the lower edge of said back, and thedoublejointed hinges El, connecting said mattress to the edges of therecess in the frame A, ,whereby as said mattress is turned down it isalso extended out of the recess, and as it is turned up it is drawn downand into its place, all substantially as described, and for the purposesspecified.

3. The combination, with the frames B and C, hingedl together, of thecatch B, secured to one, and the latch C, pivoted in the socket C in theother, and the cord C", connected at lone end to said latch and securedat the other end to said frame C, whereby said latch may be disengagedfrom said catch by pulling on one end of said cord and the frame beopened by pulling from the other end, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 16th day of June,4A. D. 1886.

C. BRADFORD, CHARLES L. THURRER.

